Compositions for use in diagnosing and treating melanoma, including metastatic melanoma and methods related to same
申请人:UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS
公开号:US11160887B2
公开(公告)日:2021-11-02
The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools/compounds comprising a cyclic peptide wherein the compound binds to a MSH receptor to image and treat cancers, especially, melanoma, including metastatic melanoma in vivo. The present invention represents a clear advance in the art which presently relies on tissue biopsy for diagnoses of these cancers. The novel imaging probes are capable of detecting cancerous melanoma cells, as well as their metastatic spread in tissues. This represents a quantum step forward in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, including metastatic melanoma using non-invasive molecular imaging techniques. The novel probes of the present invention will also be useful to initiate therapy for melanoma as well as monitor patients response to chemotherapy treatments and other interventions or therapies used in the treatment of melanoma/metastatic melanoma. Compounds according to the present invention may be used as diagnostic tools for a number of conditions and diseases states as well as therapeutic agents for treating such conditions and disease states.
本发明涉及新型非侵入性诊断工具/化合物,它包含一种环肽,其中的化合物与 MSH 受体结合,用于对癌症,尤其是黑色素瘤(包括体内转移性黑色素瘤)进行成像和治疗。本发明代表了目前依靠组织活检诊断这些癌症的技术的明显进步。新型成像探针能够检测癌黑色素瘤细胞及其在组织中的转移扩散。这标志着利用无创分子成像技术诊断和治疗黑色素瘤(包括转移性黑色素瘤)向前迈进了一大步。本发明的新型探针还可用于启动黑色素瘤的治疗,以及监测患者对化疗和用于治疗黑色素瘤/转移性黑色素瘤的其他干预或疗法的反应。根据本发明的化合物可用作一些病症和疾病状态的诊断工具以及治疗这些病症和疾病状态的治疗剂。